What's on TV? Monday, January 2, 1956

As promised on Saturday, we have here the New Year's festivities pushed one day to Monday, but other that the date, everything remains the same. It's only the second time that the Tournament of Roses parade has been televised in color, and I imagine those viewers with a color set in their homes are suitably impressed. There's more to the day than parades and football, though; an episode of NBC's Medic dealing with the role of the anesthesiologist casts an actual anesthesiologist due to the complexities of the machinery involved; one of the actresses playing a nurse is also a nurse in real life. Talk about realism, but then James Moser, who created the show (and later would create Ben Casey) was a writer for Dragnet, so he knew something about realism on TV. After that, Robert Montgomery Presents features a trio of one-act plays with an intertwined theme: boys faced with decisions that could change the course of their lives. And on Studio One, Ralph Meeker plays a social worker trying to keep a boy who's just left reform school from making the same mistakes again. I've seen that episode; it's very good, with Meeker cast against type. Anyhow, there's plenty more to see from this Chicagoland issue.

	-2- WBBM (CBS)
	MORNING
	6:40	Today’s Thoughts
	6:45	Farm Daily—Menard
	7:00	Morning Show—Variety Five minutes of local news at 7;25, 7:55
	8:00	Captain Kangaroo—Kids
	9:00	Garry Moore—Variety
	9:30	Arthur Godfrey Time Guest host: Peter Lind Hayes
	10:30	Strike It Rich
	11:00	Valiant Lady—Serial
	11:30	Search for Tomorrow—Serial
	11:45	Guiding Light
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	Luncheon with Billy
	12:30	Love Story
	1:00	ORANGE BOWL—Oklahoma vs. Maryland   SPECIAL
	3:30	On Your Account
	4:00	The Early Show—Drama “Wedding March”
	4:30	Range Rider—Western
	5:00	Gene Autry—Western
	5:30	Shopping with Miss Lee
	5:45	NEWS—Douglas Edwards
	EVENING
	6:00	SPORTS—Bob Elson
	6:15	NEWS—Julian Benley
	6:30	Robin Hood
	7:00	BURNS & ALLEN
	7:30	TALENT SCOUTS—Godfrey Guest host: Peter Lind Hayes
	8:00	I LOVE LUCY
	8:30	DECEMBER BRIDE
	9:00	STUDIO ONE—Drama “Dino”
	10:00	NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS
	10:15	IN TOWN TONIGHT
	10:30	NEWS—John Harrington
	10:45	KUP’S SHOW—Irv Kupcinet
	11:00	BOWLING CLINIC
	11:30	MOVIE—Comedy “Shepherd of the Ozarks” (1942)

 

 

	4  WTMJ (MILWAUKEE) (NBC)
	MORNING
	7:00	Today J. Fred Muggs on New Year’s Eve Five minutes of local news with Len O’Connor at 7:25, 7:55, 8:25, 8:55 A.M.
	9:00	Ding Dong School—Kids
	9:30	Ernie Kovacs
	10:00	Home—Women
	11:00	Tennessee Ernie
	11:15	Tournament of Roses Parade—Pasadena   SPECIAL    COLOR  Hosts: Bill Goodwin and Betty White. Commentators: Ken Carpenter and Jeanne Baird
	AFTERNOON
	12:45	COTTON BOWL—TCU vs. Mississippi   SPECIAL
	3:30	SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS—Preview
	3:45	ROSE BOWL—Michigan State vs. UCLA   SPECIAL
	EVENING
	6:00	SPORTS—Lloyd Pettit
	6:15	NEWS—Bob Kelly
	6:25	Weather—Bill Carlsen
	6:30	Tony Martin—Songs
	6:45	NEWS—John Cameron Swayze
	7:00	CAESAR’S HOUR
	8:00	MEDIC—Drama
	8:30	ROBERT MONTGOMERY—Drama “Three Men from Tomorrow”
	9:30	MEET CORLISS ARCHER
	10:00	WEATHER—Bill Carlsen
	10:05	INDUSTRY ON PARADE
	10:20	LET’S LOOK AT THE NEWS
	10:30	STUDIO 57 “I’ll Always Love You, Natalie”
	11:00	Tonight—Steve Allen Guests: Matt Dennis, Jackie Cooper
	12:00	NEWS

 

 

	-5- WNBQ (NBC)
	MORNING
	6:40	Today’s Meditation
	6:45	Everett Mitchell—Talks
	7:00	Today J. Fred Muggs on New Year’s Eve Five minutes of local news with Len O’Connor at 7:25, 7:55, 8:25, 8:55 A.M.
	9:30	Ernie Kovacs
	10:00	Home—Women
	11:00	Tennessee Ernie
	11:15	Tournament of Roses Parade—Pasadena   SPECIAL    COLOR  Hosts: Bill Goodwin and Betty White. Commentators: Ken Carpenter and Jeanne Baird
	AFTERNOON
	12:45	COTTON BOWL—TCU vs. Mississippi   SPECIAL
	3:30	SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS—Preview
	3:45	ROSE BOWL—Michigan State vs. UCLA   SPECIAL
	EVENING
	6:25	Les Paul and Mary Ford
	6:30	Tony Martin—Songs
	6:45	NEWS—John Cameron Swayze
	7:00	CAESAR’S HOUR
	8:00	MEDIC—Drama
	8:30	ROBERT MONTGOMERY—Drama “Three Men from Tomorrow”
	9:30	EDDIE CANTOR THEATER “The Lieutenant Was No Gentleman”
	10:00	WEATHER—Clint Youle
	10:10	DORSEY CONNORS—Ideas
	10:15	NEWS—Jack Angell
	10:25	SPORTS—Norm Barry
	10:30	TO BE ANNOUNCED
	11:00	Tonight—Steve Allen Guests: Matt Dennis, Jackie Cooper
	12:15	MOVIE—Drama “Lighthouse”

 

 

	-7- WBKB (ABC)
	MORNING
	8:55	NEWS—Ulmer Turner
	9:00	Time for Uncle Win—Kids
	9:30	Play House—Casey
	10:00	Hollywood Playhouse “Tales for Jeb Mulcahy”
	10:40	NEWS—Ulmer Turner
	10:45	Tournament of Roses Parade—Pasadena   SPECIAL  Hosts: Jeanette MacDonald and Gene Raymond. Commentators: Ed Thorgerson, Shirly Thomas
	AFTERNOON
	12:45	SUGAR BOWL—Pittsburgh vs. Georgia Tech   SPECIAL
	3:30	SPORTS—Greatest Thrills
	4:00	Little Rascals—Kids
	5:00	Mickey Mouse Club
	EVENING
	6:00	Kukla, Fran and Ollie
	6:15	NEWS—John Daly
	6:30	Topper—Comedy
	7:00	TV READER’S DIGEST “In the Eye of the Hurricane”
	7:30	VOICE OF FIRESTONE—Howard Barlow Guest: Robert Rounseville
	8:00	COLLEGE BASKETBALL—Michigan State vs. Illinois
	9:30	TO BE ANNOUNCED
	10:00	REMEMBER—Norman Ross
	10:30	FRONT PAGE DETECTIVE
	11:00	Norman Ross Presents
	11:10	Tom Duggan—Comments
	12:15	MOVIE—Western “Raider of the West”

 

 

	-9- WGN (Independent)
	MORNING
	9:30	Paul Fogarty—Exercises
	10:00	MOVIE—Mystery “Bride of the Gorilla” (1951)
	11:00	The Romper Room—Kids
	11:55	NEWS—Steve Fentress
	AFTERNOON
	12:00	Lunchtime Little Theater
	1:00	MOVIE—Drama “Brooklyn Orchid”
	2:00	MOVIE—Drama “Our Town” (1940)
	3:30	It’s Chris—Kids
	4:00	Bandstand Matinee—Music
	5:30	Garfield Goose and Friend
	EVENING
	6:00	Curbstone Cut-up—Simon
	6:15	SPORTS—Vince Lloyd
	6:30	News—Spencer Allen
	6:45	Chicagoland Newsreel
	6:55	Tony Weitzel—Comments
	7:00	MOVIE—Western “Stardust on the Sage” (Chgo. TV Debut)
	8:00	PREVIEW OF 1956   SPECIAL
	8:15	CAMERACADE—Shorts
	8:30	CURTAIN CALL—Drama
	9:00	BOXING—St. Nick’s Arena Pat Marcune vs. Miguel Berrios
	9:45	SPORTS—Jack Brickhouse
	10:00	MOVIE—Drama “The Other Love” (1947)
	11:30	NEWS—Les Nichols
	11:45	Jack Eigen—Comments

 

 

	11 WTTW (Educational)
	AFTERNOON
	4:00	Story Time—Kids
	4:15	The Movie Game—Kids
	4:30	Totem Club—Kids
	5:00	The World of Music
	EVENING
	6:30	The Friendly Giant—Kids
	6:45	Stories from the Bible
	7:00	RESEARCH FILE—Science
	7:30	WONDERS OF THE WILD
	7:45	LILLI PALMER—Interviews Guest: Lily McCormack
	8:00	VISIT WITH RUDOLPH GANZ—Music
	8:30	FILMS WORTH SHOWING
	9:15	INDUSTRY ON PARADE
	9:30	CHANNEL 11 SHOWCASE

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